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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 15–23 °C (59–73 °F)
- J5°-7°21
- F7°-6°22
- M11°-3°26
- A15°0°26
- M19°5°41
- J23°9°49
- J23°10°102
- A21°10°105
- S19°7°73
- O15°2°45
- N9°-3°18
- D4°-7°24
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.1 km · 3.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Capitan Peak (mountain, 3,063 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Capitan Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km E of Capitan (Lincoln County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lincoln National Forest
- Connects to
- Summit (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.5917, -105.2576
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreSummit
0.0 mi · 0.0 km · Lincoln National Forest
Capitan Peak Trail
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Lincoln National Forest
North Base Trail
2.7 mi · 4.3 km · Lincoln National Forest
Seven Cabins Trail
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Lincoln National Forest
Pierce Canyon Trail
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Lincoln National Forest
Mitt And Bar
6 mi · 10 km · Lincoln National Forest
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